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Calcium Enriched Pear & Celery Salad Recipe

Since it’s summer a nice light salad is an ideal dinner that won’t weigh to heavy on you and is also healthy. We searched at Eatingwell.com to find a calcium enriched diet recipe that would accommodate those ideals and found this fantastic and easy to make salad.

Ingredients:

4 stalks celery, trimmed and cut in half crosswise

2 tablespoons cider, pear, raspberry or other fruit vinegar

2 tablespoons honey

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 ripe pears, preferably red Bartlett or Anjou, diced

1 cup finely diced white Cheddar cheese

1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted (see Tip)

Freshly ground pepper, to taste

6 large leaves butterhead or other lettuce

Directions:

Soak celery in a bowl of ice water for 15 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.

Whisk vinegar, honey and salt in a large bowl until blended. Add pears; gently stir to coat. Add the celery, cheese and pecans; stir to combine. Season with pepper. Divide the lettuce leaves among 6 plates and top with a portion of salad. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Prepare salad without pecans up to 2 hours ahead. Stir in pecans just before serving.

To toast chopped pecans, cook in a small dry skillet over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes.